PolyPine vs Solus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PolyPine
Cultivate a vibrant forest ecosystem by planting seeds and nurturing trees through their life cycles. Attract diverse wildlife by meeting their specific habitat needs and observe how their interactions influence the environment. Adapt to or reshape varied terrains and overcome natural disasters to foster a thriving, dynamic woodland.
- Plant and grow trees through full life cycles
- Attract and manage diverse animal habitats
- Observe animal interactions and their impact
- Adapt to or terraform varied terrains
- Survive and utilize natural disasters
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Create your own cozy forest! Plant Seeds and Watch Them Grow Experience the full lifecycle of trees: seed, sapling, adult tree, dead tree and fallen trunk. Each step creates a different habitat for other plants and animals. Fill Your Forest with Animals Each animal has specific habitat needs you have to fullfill before adding them. Squirrels need trees, butterflies need flowers etc. Click Animals to Make Them Poop and More Clicking on animals trigger different behaviors that influence the forest ecosystem: Moose poop, fertilizing the soil. Voles eat tree roots, damaging the tree. Foxes hunt other animals. Adapt to the Terrain or Terraform It to Your Needs Create forests in diverse terrains including hills, lakes, mountains, fjords and wetlands. Terraform the terrain if you want even more control. Survive Natural Disasters Forest fires, storms and bark beetle swarms affect the forest in various ways. Can you use them to your advantage and create a thriving ecosystem?
Solus
Engage in a solo survival simulation where you compete against AI opponents to be the last one standing. Manage essential needs, craft gear, and adapt to dynamic environments influenced by real-world data. Explore unique locations and strive for global leaderboard dominance.
- Solo survival simulation
- AI opponent competition
- Realistic climate and weather
- Core survival needs management
- Crafting and item management
- Dynamic environmental events
- Global leaderboards and achievements
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Compete against 9 other simulated survivalists to see who can outlast the rest and be crowned the sole survivor. Challenge yourself with 3 unique locations, each shaped by real-world climate, weather and flora data, creating an environment that feels authentic, and sometimes - brutal. Choose your gear wisely. Every item has a specific use and shapes the result of your actions. Stay alive by managing the five core survival needs: health, calories, hydration, warmth, and fatigue. Time only progresses when an action is performed, so take your time to make the right choices. Build and maintain your shelter, manage your fire and water, forage for food, hunt, fish and trap. All while balancing the unique challenges that your environment throws at you. No two runs are the same. Random events will affect your player, weather will vary, resources shift, and your decisions will shape each outcome. Over 22 achievements to unlock and compete on the global leaderboards for each location to see how you compare against other real-world players. Solus is a pure survival experience with no pay-to-win and no power-ups. All locations are free to explore. If you prefer an uninterrupted journey, a single one-time purchase removes all ads forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Solus at 5.0 against PolyPine's 4.5. Solus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). PolyPine's advantage is ratings volume (301 vs 7). On price, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. PolyPine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PolyPine has 301 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of PolyPine's written reviews are positive against 100% of Solus's.
PolyPine ships an update fortnightly, Solus every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PolyPine | Solus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (301 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 301 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yaozuo Games Ltd | Stadt |
Customer experience
PolyPine
Solus
Bugs and requests
PolyPine
Reported bugs
1 issue- Audio breaks down and turns into 8-bit track
Requested features
2 requests- Add more content and updates
- Improve the evolution/upgrade system
Solus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PolyPine
- Unlock Full Game$5.99
Solus
No in-app purchases









